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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
1
The Elgin Echo notes R. P. Strauch is entered in the post office at Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa as second class mail master.
Advertising rates list foreign and local display per inch readers per line and classified per word with advance payment and minimum 25 cents for first insertion. Cards of Thanks and memoriam notices priced at one dollar. Resolutions of respect church society school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry all at regular rates.
A newspaper man laments Verne Marshall’s fever heat in Cedar Rapids. Cherokee county publishes relief recipients to reduce welfare loads, sparking debate over stigma versus taxpayer insight. The column reflects on everyday annoyances with a mix of quotes and casual observations about life, work, and courteous service.
A collage of maxims on enduring misfortune and social balance contrasts with light anecdotes from Iowa towns. It includes reflections on quarrels, peace making, and grandma’s fashion, plus short notes about park car misplacement, a colt kick, train collision horses, a hand stitched buckskin shirt, a snowmobile accident, bridge trips, and local acts of kindness and skating memories.
Feb 16 Echo files recount a 32nd wedding anniversary at the Lehman hospitable home with sixty guests. Updates note Ole Olson’s improving condition after injury near Clermont, plus a potential return to chair seating. Reports cover Gus Thoma’s illness, Roy Bakeman’s homecoming from South Dakota, Thav Kjosa’s heart‑near injury, and Clara Kittleson and Austin Helgeson announcing an upcoming marriage. Willie Baumgartner’s health improves. Mrs. J. S. Wright dies in West Union. Leslie Mattoon departs for Oregon after visiting relatives.
Local transfers within one week ending Feb 7 1941 include Mary Keiser transferring to John Falk WD for 1.00 involving lots 5 and 6 in block 4 Elgin. Hulda Smith and husband of Guernsey with Georgia Meyer Mark WD for 1.00 involving lots 5 and 6 in Forbes add and block 3 Elgin.
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